minable

adjective

min·​able ˈmī-nə-bəl How to pronounce minable (audio)
variants or mineable
: capable of being mined

Examples of minable in a Sentence

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Concerns about Hibtac have recently intensified as the employer of 750 people is expected to run out of minable ore space by 2024. Dee Depass, Star Tribune, 8 Feb. 2021 Hibbing Taconite is scheduled to run out of minable ore within five years. Dee Depass, Star Tribune, 2 Dec. 2020 What is rare is finding these elements in a minable deposit. Jennifer Frazer, Scientific American, 21 Sep. 2020 Of course, self-exploiters should have the agency to draw a barrier around that exploitation, to allow only people of their choosing to feed off their minable identity. Richard Lawson, Vanities, 3 Apr. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1570, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of minable was circa 1570

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“Minable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/minable. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.

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